What word means to make a law?

The word that means to make a law, on the USCIS reading vocabulary list, is Pass. When a legislative body approves a bill so that it becomes (or is on the path to becoming) law, the bill is said to pass.

In the U.S. Congress a bill must pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate in identical form before it can be presented to the President. The bill's journey usually begins when a member introduces it in either chamber, after which the bill is referred to a committee that holds hearings, marks up (amends) the text, and votes on whether to report it to the full chamber. If reported, the bill is debated on the floor and put to a vote: most bills require a simple majority of those voting, but some procedural matters in the Senate require 60 votes to invoke cloture and end debate.

After one chamber passes the bill, it goes to the other chamber where the process repeats. Differences between House and Senate versions are reconciled in a conference committee or by one chamber accepting the other's amendments, and both chambers then pass the final identical text.

The President may sign the bill, in which case it passes into law; veto the bill, in which case Congress can override the veto by passing the bill again with a two-thirds vote in each chamber; or do nothing, in which case the bill becomes law after ten days (excluding Sundays) if Congress is in session, or fails by pocket veto if Congress has adjourned.

On the reading test Pass may appear in a sentence such as "Congress can pass laws" or "Who passes federal laws?" Other USCIS reading vocabulary lists include similar action verbs such as elects, vote, and meet.